Starting from both our originary experience of being given to ourselves and Jesus Christ's archetypal self-donation, ''Gift and the Unity of Being'' elucidates the sense in which gift is the form of being's unity, while unity itself constitutes the permanence of the gift of bein…
Religion is central to Durkheim's theory of society, and his work laid most of the foundations of the sociology of religion. Daring and brilliant though his analysis was, its bold claims and questionable premises has made it the subject of ongoing academic debate. Durkheim's wor…
The Philokalia was published in Venice in 1782. It is an anthology of patristic writings from the Eastern Church, spanning the 4th to the 15th Centuries, which has been the subsequent focus of a significant revival in Orthodox spirituality. It presents an understanding of psycho…
The author brings together two ancient, continuous religious traditions, Hindu and Orthodox Christianity. She explores the Orthodox and Hindu ways of realising the divine potential within a human. In what ways do the Hindu teachings correspond to or differ from the Orthodox appr…
A contribution to the dialogue between Hinduism and Orthodox Christianity, emphasising important commonalities in thought and practice
The author brings together two ancient, continuous religious traditions, Hindu and Orthodox Christianity. She explores the Orthodox and Hindu ways of realising the divine potential within a human. In what ways do the Hindu teachings correspond to or differ from the Orthodox appr…
A contribution to the dialogue between Hinduism and Orthodox Christianity, emphasising important commonalities in thought and practice.
Eighty years ago, Walter Bauer promulgated a bold and provocative thesis about early Christianity. He argued that many forms of Christianity started the race, but one competitor pushed aside the others, until this powerful 'orthodox' version won the day. The victors re-wrote his…
Is the existence of God a matter of faith or knowledge? Does God sometimes act miraculously or are there physical causes for everything? Is morality absolute or relative? Are humans truly free or does God's sovereignty determine everything? When bad things happen, is God the cau…
An examination of how the ecclesial structures of Eastern Church evolved and how they contributed, or failed to contribute, to Church unity.
